φύει τ᾽κ.τ.λ.: the emphasis is on the power of time to enfeeble and destroy, rather than to produce; but the first clause serves to bring the second into relief, and is co-ordinated with it, as in Ant. 1112αὐτός τ᾽ ἔδησα καὶ παρὼν ἐκλύσομαι.—The rash change of φύει to φαίνει overlooks the poet's tendency to vary his phrase in such cases; e.g. O. C. 1501σαφὴς μὲν ἀστῶν ἐμφανὴς δὲ τοῦ ξένου: O. T. 54ἄρξεις..κρατεῖς.

κρύπτεται, properly, ‘hides in its own bosom’ (midd.): cp. Aesch. Cho. 127γαῖαν..ἣ τὰ πάντα τίκτεται, ‘produces from herself.’ The midd. of the simple κρύπτω is rare: but cp. 246, and Tr. 474κρύψομαι (n.).